Messier 81 and 82 panorama (Barry Wilson)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Ursa Major (UMa) · Contains: Bode's galaxy · Bode's nebulae · Cigar galaxy · M 81 · M 82 · NGC 3031 · NGC 3034

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Messier 81 and 82 panorama

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Messier 81 and 82 panorama

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The completed two pane mosaic of this often imaged galactic pair. The combination of the TEC140 and QSI690 has enabled such fine detail to be teased out with a very rewarding result that has taken two day's worth of processing in total, circa 16 hours of concentration. I finished last night at midnight and have aching eyes this morning, then some much needed objective feedback from my imaging partner Steve Milne gave me the boost to complete the final tweaks and balancing of brightness, colour, and depth between the two panes. Thanks Steve.

Hints of IFN swirl around the pair and I have enedavoured to make them visible but faint in an effort to represent their relative apparent brightness. I worked hard with multiple masks to highlight the spiralling dust in the arms of M81, gentle application of PI's LHE tool without it becoming overly artificial (I hope).

Please enjoy the image at high resolution.

Data acquisition: Barry Wilson & Steve Milne

Processing: Barry Wilson

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RA (center)	09h55m47s.507
RA (top/left)	09h58m44s.967
RA (top/right)	09h58m58s.240
RA (bottom/right)	09h52m39s.842
RA (bottom/left)	09h52m47s.529

Dec (center)	+69°20′23″.70
Dec (top/left)	+68°42′32″.82
Dec (top/right)	+69°57′51″.42
Dec (bottom/right)	+69°57′57″.82
Dec (bottom/left)	+68°42′39″.67

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